Books like The Enemy by Desmond Bagley

Alice, a curious girl, follows a rabbit into Wonderland and the Looking‑Glass world, meeting eccentric characters like the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll’s celebrated children’s fantasy.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

A novel about Emma Woodhouse, a young woman's struggles with matchmaking, misplaced pride, and the dangers of meddling in others' lives in 18th-century England.

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The Third Man, a novella by Graham Greene, follows the mysterious black‑market trader Harry Lime in post‑war Vienna, where he is believed to be dead.

A woman's rise from poverty to political influence, inspired by stories told by a storyteller's daughter.

An orphaned man falls in love with his cousin's widow after she moves into the manor house.

A mother's nightmare returns as she discovers her children are missing in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and must confront the shadowy figure who murdered her first children.

A petty thief, Arthur Simpson, is coerced into smuggling arms into Turkey for a jewel heist, only to be blackmailed by Turkish police into spying on the criminal gang, escalating his peril at every turn.

In the frozen Andes, survivors of a hijacked plane must cross deadly peaks while an armed group threatens to kill them once they reach a treacherous river.

In "The Tremor of Forgery," American writer Howard Ingham arrives in sweltering Tunisia to draft a film script, only to find his apartment invaded and a murder committed amid an eerie cast of ex‑patriote and local characters.

An espionage novel from the 1970s about a young military historian who is recruited to uncover the reasons behind a mysterious battle from the First World War.

A surreal black comedy about a woman's struggles as a mother and wife, exploring themes of adulthood, parenthood, and mental illness through a mother's voice as she tries to make sense of her chaotic life.

“[The United States’ goal in Angola] was not to keep out the Cubans and Soviets but to make their imperial efforts as costly as possible and to prove that, after Vietnam. we were still capable of response, however insane. It is this story that has been told, and in impressive and convincing detail, by John Stockweli, the former chief of the CIA’s Angola task force.’ His hook should not he missed. Since strategic thought survives by ignoring experience, it has a highly professional interest in avoiding accounts such as this. By the same token, all who are alarmed about the tendency toward such strategic thinking should strongly welcome Mr. Stockwell’s book.” —John Kenneth Gaibraith. New York Review of Books In Search of Enemies is much more than the story of the only war to be found when the CIA sought to recoup its prestige after the Vietnam debacle. Though no American troops were committed to Angola, only “advisors,” many millions were spent, many thousands died, and many lies were told to the American people, in waging a war without purpose to American vital interests and without hope of victory. In Search of Enemies is unique in its wealth of detail about CIA operations and convincing in its argument that the clandestine services of the CIA should be abolished. John Stockwell, who lived in Africa for ten of his early years, is a graduate of the University of Texas and an alumnus of the U.S. Marine Corps. After twelve years as a CIA officer, he resigned from the agency on April I. 1977

007 faces a high-stakes game of baccarat in France, against one of Russia's most powerful spies.

A British agent hunted by a ruthless escape syndicate and a double agent in Malta must use wit to survive.

When a mob hit brings his brother’s death to his doorstep, Jeremy Wheale follows a trail that leads him from Devon through Mexico to the jungles of the Yucatán, where a Mayan treasure hunt and ruthless mercenaries await.

Alan Stewart, a messenger on a remote Icelandic road, finds his innocent cargo under threat from a ruthless pursuer and a vengeful Russian agent.

During WWII, Duke de Richleau uncovers that enemy intelligence is assisted by supernatural forces and must confront them on the Astral Plane to protect Atlantic convoys.

A mystery novel about a missing woman who must confront her own fraudulent behavior to understand the connections of the characters to her disappearance.

A London businessman wakes up as a Finnish scientist in Oslo and must navigate a perilous journey through Norway, Finland, and Soviet Russia to survive a kidnapping plot.

Enemy Mine, a Hugo Award‑winning novella by Kay Hooper, blends romance with suspenseful action in a science‑fiction setting.

Leyla faces betrayal and terror in the ancestral manor of Pemberton Hurst as a murderer stalks the corridors, forcing her to confront a divided family and the mystery of a name.